{"id":15874,"date":"2024-07-23T10:27:06","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T10:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=15874"},"modified":"2024-07-23T10:27:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T10:27:07","slug":"odm-dismisses-claims-of-seeking-positions-in-rutos-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=15874","title":{"rendered":"ODM Dismisses Claims of Seeking Positions in Ruto&#8217;s Administration."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Raila-3-800x500-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Raila-3-800x500-1.png 800w, https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Raila-3-800x500-1-480x300.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 800px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party has dismissed reports suggesting that it is angling for positions in President William Ruto&#8217;s administration. Speaking on Tuesday, ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna accused some Kenyans of misinterpreting the party&#8217;s stance on the ongoing national crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sifuna clarified that the party is advocating for a national conversation to address the current challenges facing Kenya, a resolution reached during the party&#8217;s National Executive Committee meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA narrative has been woven that ODM is desperate to join the government when all along we have been clear that what we seek is a national conversation,&#8221; revealed the ODM Secretary General. &#8220;Our commitment to this cause is steadfast, as we recognize the urgent need for transformative change in our nation.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reiterating the party&#8217;s position, Sifuna warned ODM members allegedly eyeing positions within Ruto&#8217;s cabinet. He emphasized that any members making themselves available for the Kenya Kwanza cabinet slots or other positions would be doing so without the party&#8217;s support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party has dismissed reports suggesting that it is angling for positions in President William Ruto&#8217;s administration. Speaking on Tuesday, ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna accused some Kenyans of misinterpreting the party&#8217;s stance on the ongoing national crisis. Sifuna clarified that the party is advocating for a national conversation to address [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":15875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-political-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Raila-3-800x500-1.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15874"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15876,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15874\/revisions\/15876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}